February 29 - Happy Leap Day!

I figured I only get to this once every 4 years so I thought I would say "Happy Leap Day" everyone! I hope you are enjoying this extra day we have! Make it useful!!! :)

I've decided to add my pictures I have a www.flickr.com. It is a great place to upload your pictures for free. You can make them private, but that's kinda a pain so I don't bother. I just upload for the world to see. Not like they are anything exciting anyhow! HA! Most of you have seen these already. I haven't had anything exciting to take pictures of so there are no pictures to be seen. Here's the link incase you haven't seen them yet - http://www.flickr.com/photos/14183034@N04/

February 28, 2008 - TX in February

I LOVE TEXAS...but I REALLY love Texas this time of year. The weather is so beautiful. We have great weather most of the year, but the last 12 months it has rained A LOT! So, I thought I'd write today to brag that we have not had any rain for several days. Yes, it is supposed to rain this weekend, but I believe I can once again believe our new property is not made of permanent mud. I was starting to worry!!! Even our horses were getting tired of the mud. We would put them in their stalls in the evening and feed them. Then, when it was time to go back out, we'd have to practically push them out of their stalls. We did have to literally push Twister out. He's such a pansy! He'll roll in the mud, but GOD FORBID if his feet touch it! LOL

So, with good weather comes the anxious feeling of Spring Break and Summer! This will be the first year in many, many years I will not have a summer job. I CANNOT WAIT! I thought it would never come or only come with the joy of taking care of children. (I say this with a 'little' tongue and cheek....meaning no 'me time' like I hear about from my teacher friends.) Anyhow, that was my goal...to not work for FBISD this summer. At least on a regular basis. I am really looking forward to enjoying our dream home and property. I'm also looking forward to helping Ryan with the horses he trains and maybe doing some painting in our house. That will start during spring break.

This time of year also means the excitement of Rodeo Houston. Of course, after 10 yrs, it's not as exciting, but it is still fun to go up there a couple of times to see everything, shop, and watch the rodeo. Oh, yea, and watch the concert if it's anyone good. This year, Ryan and I plan to compete in the APHA show during Rodeo Houston. I will run poles and barrels and Ryan will team rope off of Twister. Well, his friend is going to ride Twister, Ryan will head for him on Badger. I am anxious and hope we do well!

Oh, yes, and I'm VERY anxious to go see Stacy Connell in New York City this summer. I CANNOT wait! I think it will be a blast! I'm sure I'll have tons of pictures to share with everyone. NYC is one place I've ALWAYS wanted to go. Strange to think a country girl like me would like to do that...but I still have the travel bug and love traveling to places I've never been!

Until next time...

February 22, 2008 - Day 1

Welcome to our (really mine...like Ryan is going to write on this!) blog. It appears that I have proven to be all over the place with my web pages, links, etc. So, I'm going to try out this blog. From what I can see I can add my own pictures, videos and blogs. I guess it's more like a more than you want to know about Stacie & Ryan! HA!

Life should get more interesting for us this year and for those of you who love us and get bored...well, here's the perfect place to go and see what corny thing Stacie and Ryan are doing.

I guess if I'm going to teach technology I better stay on top of it even when it's my cup of tea!